Assessing risk, automating racism: A health care algorithm reflects underlying racial bias in society

Ruha Benjamin

doi:10.1126/science.aaz3873

Assessing risk, automating racism: A health care algorithm reflects underlying racial bias in society

Ruha Benjamin

African American Studies

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	421-422
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	366
Issue number	6464
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3873
State	Published - Oct 25 2019

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